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Indian Roots South African Heart

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Clive Lawrence

Clive Lawrance Clive Lawrance (1935- ) was born in Pietermaritzburg. At the age of six his family moved to Irene outside Pretoria. Educated at

Bridget McNulty

Bridget McNulty Bridget McNulty (1982-) was born and grew up in Durban, a city she is still strongly attached to – in real life

Manilal Mohandas Gandhi

Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (1892 -1956) was the second son of Mohandas Karamchand (The Mahatma) Gandhi and was active in his father’s Satyagraha movement. Although

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

Robert Berold

Robert Berold Robert Berold (1948 – ) is a poet and editor. Born in Johannesburg, he matriculated from Hilton College in KwaZulu-Natal at the

Graham Lang

Graham Lang Graham Lang (1955 – ) was born in Zimbabwe. His family moved to South Africa in 1965 where he studied at Maritzburg

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.